Crypto News: The unexpected winners of congestion pricing

New York City's congestion pricing scheme has not just eased traffic in Manhattan's central business district; the unexpected beneficiaries who reclaimed the most travel time were suburban drivers. A new analysis finds that the policy sped up trips in outer boroughs and in the suburbs of neighboring counties — places that are home to many of the program's most vocal critics.

But why? To answer that, David Zipper spoke with researchers at the National Bureau of Economic Research, who used trip data from Google Maps to draw their conclusion. Today on CityLab: Congestion Pricing's Unexpected Winners: Suburban Drivers

— Linda Poon

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